It wasn't that Michael had failed to consider the possibility of an attack. If he had, Aunt Mia and Lily would still have been inside the apartment.
The moment he returned to Aurora, Michael had already begun preparing for the worst.
Michael had expected trouble. What he had not expected was for that trouble to arrive so soon.
Barely two hours had passed since he returned from the Origin Battlefield.
Two hours.
Every awakener throughout the universe had only recently been expelled from that mysterious place.
Even if the news concerning the Universal Cornerstone had already spread beyond control, Michael had assumed that the major forces of other realms would require at least some time to gather information, prepare their people, and travel toward Aurora. Perhaps a few days. At worst, several hours. He certainly hadn't expected someone to launch an attack today.
